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S&P gives Aberdeen fund 3 stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... with a capital growth bias and to deliver some income potential. S&P Fund Services analyst Kelly Napier said, "Our conviction is constrained from being any higher by the recent change in management, but we'll look to build our conviction over time relative ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... structured investment process. "The decision to upgrade AXA's industrials-sector strategy reflects S&P's increased conviction in the Alliance team's ability to add consistent risk-adjusted alpha." Sector funds deliberately invest in companies that share ...

SG Hiscock hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... Australian Country fund and the HSBC Asian Freestyle fund. Both these funds have similar strategies to SGH20 - high conviction, concentrated and long-only. In this role, Tucker will be involved in stock selection, currency management and finding new ...

NSW man sentenced for early super release

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Another one bites the dust - SMSF trustee Atan Ona Kassongo joins the growing list of offenders caught unlawfully allowing early access to his super fund. Kassongo, of Castle Hill, New South Wales, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, to be ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head of Rio Tinto's Shanghai office) and three of his Rio Tinto colleagues. Yes ...

Director charged in Westpoint case

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... on a financial services business without holding an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. As a result of his conviction, Silver is also automatically disqualified from managing corporations for five years. ASIC alleged that between 13 March 2003 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... in a holding pattern that had dominated the last two weeks of trading, with general uncertainty producing a lack of conviction among investors to take long-term positions. "We're struggling to see movements greater than 10 points positive or negative ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... higher at 4,792 points on volume of 53,622 contracts. CMC Markets' senior dealer Matt Lewis said investors had lacked conviction and interest over the past two weeks, and that the local market had hit a flat spot following corporate reporting season ...

Health Super reviews intl equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... has reviewed its international equities portfolio, cutting three investment mandates being cut and focusing on high conviction strategies. Chris Clausen, chief executive at Health Super, said the fund reviewed its international fund manager portfolio ...

Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... suffering from various forms of risks. "Compared to a decade ago, it is more difficult today to have high levels of conviction of the real returns from equity markets over the next 10 years," she said. Some of the questions that ought to be asked include ...